GGRB28H3 Lecture : GEOGRAPHIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTIO.docx
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Mental health refers to one s sense of well-being and quality of life, and the capacity to pursue one s goals, to acquire skills and education and to grow. Social conditions necessary for overall good mental health include; Mental health refers to a recognized, medically diagnosable illness that results in significant impairment of an individual s cognitive, affective or relational abilities. Therefore mental illnesses results from biological, developmental /psychosocial factors and vary widely in terms of chronicity, severity and disability. This sis when feelings are severe, last for several weeks and begin to interfere with ones work and social life. Depressive illness can change the way a person thinks and behaves, and how his or body functions. Is an illness in which there are periods of serious depression, followed by episodes of markedly elevated or irritable moods or highs (in the absence of drugs or alcohol)
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